Director - Audit and Assurance

Audit and Assurance Our Audit and Assurance team is expanding due to significant growth. This means greater opportunity for ambitious professionals to take on meaningful client work, collaborate across industries, and develop their careers in a supportive and inclusive environment.

We are looking for a highly motivated Director to join our Corporate Audit team. This senior leadership role offers a direct reporting role to Partners, the chance to lead major client engagements, and a platform to shape the future of our growing practice.

Main responsibilities:

•    Promotion and oversight of quality audit work on all client engagements
•    Taking full responsibility for managing and reviewing the work of the audit team
•    Supervising and training all members of the team to ensure that Grant Thornton’s standards are maintained throughout the entire audit process
•    Management of client relationships
•    Project management - take responsibility for managing a large and varied portfolio of clients
•    Working capital management – manage work in progress and billings
•    Client fee negotiation
•    Preparation and presentation of business tenders in order to develop and grow your client portfolio

Skills and attributes:

•    ACA/ACCA qualified
•    Proven experience in practice with a track record of high-quality files
•    Strong attention to detail and analytical assessment
•    Strong technical skills in both auditing standards and financial reporting (IFRS, Irish and UK GAAP)
•    Ability to motivate and manage staff under tight deadlines
•    Ability to make professional judgments based on findings
•    Portfolio management experience
•    Experience working as part of a team supporting others
•    Commercial awareness
•    Experience gained in a Big 4 accounting firm would be advantageous

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We are Grant Thornton

Grant Thornton Ireland is rapidly approaching 3,000 people, in 9 offices across Ireland, Isle of Man, Gibraltar and Bermuda. With a presence in over 149 countries around the world and a global network of 73,000 people, we bring our clients the local knowledge, national expertise and global presence to help them succeed – wherever they’re located.

At GT, we work as trusted advisors, bringing local knowledge and national expertise, with a global presence, to help businesses succeed – wherever they are located. We make business more personal by investing in building relationships and empowering our clients to make the right decisions for their organisation now and for the future. Whether that is working with the public sector to build thriving communities, with regulators and financial institutions to build trust, or with a diverse range of businesses to help them achieve their goals, Grant Thornton Ireland work hard to support clients to act on the issues that matter.

At GT Ireland we don’t just predict your future, we build it.

A Career at GT

Looking for a more fulfilling role in professional services? One where fresh thinking, collaboration and diversity are valued? At Grant Thornton we do things differently.

What does this mean for you?

A career in a more inclusive working environment, a more collaborative work culture, a more supported, flexible working role, more possibilities to grow and more opportunities to help shape the future for your clients. We respect and value your experience. And we want you to bring your authentic self to work and be at your best. It is how it should be.

Grow with us

At Grant Thornton, we care about our people and work hard to make you feel valued. If you are looking to deepen and develop your skills, knowledge, and experience throughout your career, then that is what you will get, and more.

Our Benefits

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Equity, diversity and inclusion
At Grant Thornton, we provide equitable opportunities for all our colleagues. We are a responsible, sustainable business where equity, diversity and inclusion (ED&I) is at the forefront of our workplace culture agenda, and today, we continue to build and develop on our existing ED&I structure and strategy to meet our workplace culture needs. People are at the heart of our business and teams built with varied individuals present diverse viewpoints, which need to be heard and valued.

We are all at our best when we are able to be ourselves and we view integrity and authenticity as integral values to bring to our day-to-day work-life at the firm. We are excited to see the personality and perspectives you will bring to our team because we know we will all benefit from them. Diversity of thought, background and experience enables better decision-making, improves the quality of our delivery, and helps us to meet the needs of our clients. Our firm is built on people and their ideas, so we want to hear all the new perspectives and fresh thinking you have to offer. You form the bedrock of our firm’s best-practice principles and we will champion you as leaders from day one.

Reward and benefits
Our reward and benefits are designed to create an environment where our people can flourish. We are committed to building a culture where our people have access to the necessary benefits to help promote a healthy lifestyle and thrive.

Recognition
We want to create a culture of recognition and celebrating success, by saying thank you to people who surpass our expectations and recognising the right values and behaviours. Our Shout Out recognition scheme is our way of highlighting and promoting achievements. Whether you simply want to say thank you, celebrate a special occasion or give an award for doing something exceptional, you can do all of this and more through the scheme.

Director - Corporate Audit

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